I’m not sure I agree with the title (although catchy) used on YouTube for this video. After all, what is money anyway? Most modern currencies are fiat currencies – their value only comes from our collective belief or agreement that it has value. The Euro, Dollar et al are not backed by anything – not gold, not silver, not water nor anything… Really they are just bits of paper and coin to a lesser extent and largely just ones and zeros on computers. Their legitimacy largely comes from government’s accepting payment of taxes in the currency in question. The two basic requirements for “money” are:

it is a store of value

it is a medium of exchange

Argentina’s Global Exchange Network’s credits satisfy the second requirement certainly and most probably the first also. So I think that “Argentina: Surviving by creating their own Money” or the like would be more accurate – even if it does look like “fake” Monopoly (the game, that is) money 😉